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Educational Psychology. Foundation of Teaching. What makes a good teacher?. Knowing the subject matter Mastering the teaching skills Can good teaching be taught The Intentional teacher (Left click the video on your right). Knowing the subject matter.
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Educational Psychology Foundation of Teaching
What makes a good teacher? • Knowing the subject matter • Mastering the teaching skills • Can good teaching be taught • The Intentional teacher • (Left click the video on your right)
Knowing the subject matter • Secretary’s Title II Report http://www.title2.org/SecReptHTML/index.html
Mastering the teaching skills • National Board of Professional Teaching Standards http://www.nbpts.org/ see standards and review the five propositions.
Can good teaching be taught? • Self-knowledge and self-regulation • Reflection • Decision making • Application of Educational Research – disciplined inquiry
The intentional teacher • What am I trying to accomplish? • What are my students’ relevant experiences and needs? • What resources are available to me? • How will I know when to modify my strategy? • What will be evidence of success?
Theory of Action • Theory – a set of principles that explains and relates certain things • Theory of action – your belief about how things work. • Principle – explanation of the relationship between factors
Research methods • Laboratory experiment • Internal validity – we can confidently attribute differences to the treatment • Randomized field experiment • External validity (real life validity) • Single case experiments • Correlational studies • Descriptive studies
Conclusion • … teachers make hundreds of decisions every day, and each decision has a theory behind it, whether or not the teacher is aware of it. • Describe your theory of action of how you manage behavior and lead instruction in your classroom. How do you address the questions of the intentional teacher?